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To: RTev who wrote (18589)	3/23/1999 5:20:00 AM
From: Harry Franks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Has anyone seen this news confirmed by another source: The link is: winmag.com Windows 2000 to Ship in October, but Consumer Edition Is Delayed Friday, March 19, 1999 WINDOWS Magazine has learned from multiple sources both inside and outside Microsoft that a target shipping date for Windows 2000 has finally been set. That date is October 6, just in time for the Comdex trade show in November. Meanwhile, we've also found out that the company has delayed the release of the planned Consumer edition of Windows 2000 until at least 2001. According to sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, current beta versions of Windows 2000 (up through build 1984 at this writing) have performed better than expected in both internal tests at Microsoft and external tests by third parties--giving managers enough confidence to not only schedule a release, but also to announce it. The announcement was made in March at a closed meeting of the Joint Deployment Program (formerly known as the Rapid Deployment Program, under which selected corporate customers get early access to Windows 2000 beta code). In addition, we have learned that at least one outside fulfillment house has been alerted to expect large orders for pressing CDs in late September and early October. As for the Consumer edition--which is intended to replace Windows 98 and thereby unify all PC-based desktop and server versions of Windows around a common operating system kernel--it will follow the second service release of Windows 98, now expected in mid-2000. While rumors have circulated recently that Microsoft has abandoned the effort and plans to field another operating system based on the Windows 98 core, sources familiar with the development effort are adamant that this is incorrect. The plan, they say, is to perform maintenance work on Windows 98 as necessary for the next 18 months while the new OS is under development. It's expected that this will involve removing unneeded features such as multiprocessor support from Windows 2000 Professional, while adding a simplified user interface and potentially incorporating natural-language features.